It’s better to be wrong than to be shallow, but I’m going to admit here to having not thought deeply enough about the Chicago Tribune‘s endorsement of Gary Johnson for president. It might be as cunning as it is ridiculous.
What we don’t know, I told Stump, is whether Trump would’ve been hurt more—and Clinton helped more—if the Tribune hadn’t played games and had simply endorsed her. This editorial would’ve changed fewer minds—we’re assuming here for the sake of argument that editorial pages have the power to change any at all—but Clinton would’ve gained a whole vote from each of them.
